Tydeus

Tydeus (1315 BC-) was an Aeolian hero and the father of Diomedes.

Biography
Tydeus was the son of Oeneus and Periboea, and his uncle Agrius banned him from Calydon for killing his brother. He travelled to Argos, where he married a daughter of Adrastus, becoming a prince of Argos. Tydeus held the first Nemean Games in the honor of King Lycourgos of Nemea's son, who was killed by a snake, and he won the boxing event at the games. One day, he was sent as an envoy to Thebes, but, after he was ignored, he challenged and vanquished each of the Theban leaders in single combat with Athena's help. When Tydeus returned to his allies, the Thebans assembled a party of 50 men under Maeon and Polyphontes, but Tydeus killed all of the ambushers but Maeon, whom he allowed to live due to signs from the gods.